{"id":1412323,"date":"2022-03-31T08:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412323"},"modified":"2022-03-31T08:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:45:51","slug":"democrats-advancing-two-more-radically-progressive-biden-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-advancing-two-more-radically-progressive-biden-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Advancing Two More Radically Progressive Biden Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-advancing-two-more-radically-progressive-biden-nominees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-30-at-9.36.07-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote Wednesday to break a deadlock in the Senate over yet another radically progressive Biden nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee Alvaro Bedoya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-senate-votes-move-forward-with-bedoyas-ftc-confirmation-2022-03-30\/\">can now head<\/a> to a confirmation vote after Harris broke the 50-50 tie in the senate, though he did not receive\u00a0enough votes in the committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/nominations\">recommended favorably,<\/a>\u00a0lacking support from Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Neither did Gigi Sohn, Biden\u2019s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominee, who Biden nominated for an FCC seat in October. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/senate-democrats-look-to-break-deadlock-on-biden-ftc-and-fcc-nominees\/\">is expected<\/a> to use the same procedural process, the discharge petition, to again bypass Republican opposition and advance Sohn\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Both Bedoya and Sohn are likely to face heavy backlash from Republicans for their far-Left policy stances \u2014 stances that Bedoya and Sohn have made clear on social media.<\/p>\n<p>If Bedoya is confirmed to the FTC and Sohn to the FCC, a Democratic majority would be cemented at these agencies. And conservatives warn that confirming either nominee would place a radical on one of the nation\u2019s most important regulatory bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegulators are supposed to be neutral,\u201d Dan Gainor, vice president of Free Speech at the Media Research Center warned The Daily Wire in a Wednesday phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of them are unable to be neutral,\u201d he said, referring to Sohn and Bedoya and noting that modern day social media gives a vivid glimpse into the political beliefs of nominees. \u201cThey are both radical. They post on Twitter. They tell us how radical they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither Schumer nor the White House responded to requests for comment from The Daily Wire for this story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m so deeply honored to be nominated by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> to serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCC<\/a> Commissioner. If confirmed, I&#8217;ll work to fulfill his goal of ensuring that every household in the US has robust broadband Internet. Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRosenworcel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JRosenworcel<\/a> on her ascension to Chair \u2013 well deserved!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1453032126060838912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bedoya has repeatedly and publicly criticized conservative figures like former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat ELSE does Trump have to say for the media to expressly call him a racist and white supremacist,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/951834768919990277\">asked Bedoya in a January 2018 tweet<\/a>. \u201cDoes he literally have to say \u2018white people are better than black people\u2019? Does he have to say the N word? At some point, it\u2019s not a \u2018racist comment.\u2019 It\u2019s just a racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet following the January 6 Capitol Riot, Bedoya called for Republican senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz to resign from their positions.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1365422051704602631?s=20&#038;t=Cy-M7H4AEvDyCZIoSQBCHg\">also called ICE<\/a> an \u201cout-of-control domestic surveillance agency that peers into all our lives\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregggonsalves\/status\/1426607823434170374\">retweeted<\/a> an August 2021 tweet calling Republican governors Ron DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Tate Reeves of Mississippi \u201cdeath eaters\u201d over the coronavirus containment policies.<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans criticized Bedoya for these comments in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain concerned by the frequency with which he has publicly expressed divisive views on policy matters rather than using a more measured and unifying tone,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/senate-democrats-look-to-break-deadlock-on-biden-ftc-and-fcc-nominees\/\">said<\/a> Republican Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the ranking Republican on the Commerce Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Bedoya did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hawley and Cruz must resign. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1zNCctjC5G\">https:\/\/t.co\/1zNCctjC5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alvaro Bedoya (@alvarombedoya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alvarombedoya\/status\/1347514156216418305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sohn, too, has publicly used her platform to attack conservatives and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1298638459339509761?s=20&#038;t=lnplN5LyGm1k_jpLy1PQgA\">characterized<\/a> Republicans and a second Trump presidency as a threat to \u201cour Republic\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1169292338277093377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169292338277093377%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2022%2F01%2F18%2Fbidens-fcc-commissioner-nominee-gigi-sohn-wants-to-nuke-right-leaning-broadcasters-from-air%2F\">accused<\/a> Fox News of playing a role in \u201cdestroying democracy &#038; electing autocrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has also suggested that she would use the power of the FCC to silence opponents \u2014 including in media.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThis, and its lack of candor during the failed merger with Tribune, calls into question Sinclair\u2019s fitness to be a broadcast licensee,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1053982573813264384\">tweeted<\/a> in October 2018 regarding a report that Sinclair Media ordered employees to air biased segments and feed favorable questions to Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWill <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCC\">@FCC<\/a> <\/span>do anything when Sinclair\u2019s licenses are up for renewal?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Katie McAuliffe, federal affairs manager at Americans for Tax Reform and executive director of Digital Liberty, said in a Wednesday evening phone interview that though the FCC has the ability to extend or terminate a broadcaster\u2019s licensing, it has \u201cnever ever before been implied that that would ever be done based off of view point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless there\u2019s some egregiously violative nature, then most people tend to keep their licenses,\u201d she said. \u201cBut for [Sohn] to imply that she would like to see certain news organizations or certain companies no longer have access to those licenses\u2026is a very real problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sohn did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>When the Biden FCC nominee sits down with senators during her confirmation process and is asked about such points, MRC\u2019s Gainor predicted, she will \u201cof course\u201d say that she would be neutral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else do you expect them to say?\u201d he asked. \u201cThey really act like we are that stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senate is not expected to vote on confirming Bedoya until after the Senate\u2019s Easter break, and Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/senate-democrats-look-to-break-deadlock-on-biden-ftc-and-fcc-nominees\/\">has said<\/a> that he wishes to spend the upcoming week focused on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>Both the FCC and the FTC have been busy doing their business without getting bogged down in politics,\u00a0McAuliffe said, but\u00a0that could change if \u201cfirebrands\u201d like Sohn and Bedoya are confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are looking at having their information stolen,\u201d she said, \u201chow they resolve these claims, how they are made whole, they are worried about their data security, and the FTC should really be focused on those kinds of things that are actual consumer harms rather than going after successful companies just because you have some kind of political priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats say it is time to fill the vacant spots on the FCC and the FTC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FTC Is the security guard for America\u2019s consumers,\u201d Democratic Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/senate-democrats-look-to-break-deadlock-on-biden-ftc-and-fcc-nominees\/\">said<\/a> in a March statement. \u201cThe FTC needs to be able to protect all Americans, and to accomplish that we need to have a commission that is not deadlocked, but has somebody like Mr. Bedoya who can help us move ahead on these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote Wednesday to break a deadlock in the Senate over yet another radically progressive Biden nominee.Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee Alvaro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}